From Ybbs to Spitz (Danube Cycle Path)

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On the Erlauftal federal road we leave the town of Ybbs, crossing the river Ybbs and immediately turn left to reach the cycle path on the banks of the Danube. On the stairway path we cycle through small settlements between the river and the railway line to Säusenstein. In the village "Am Rechen" we cross the river Erlauf and shortly afterwards turn half-right at the Pöchlarner Weiher to the Nibelung monument. From Pölchlarn we cycle along the Danube cycle path in the direction of the Melk power station, which we cycle extensively around in an anti-clockwise direction. After a while, we reach the Donaublick garden restaurant. Here we turn right, cross the small lift bridge and come across the old town of Melk, which together with the Benedictine Abbey are one of the highlights of our Danube tour.Later we cross the bridge leading to Emmersdorf on the country road and continue cycling along the large Danube federal road to Grimsing. There a narrower path leads us through orchards back to the Danube. Keeping to the left, we continue on a parallel road to the main road through "Aggsbach Markt". Before Willendorf in der Wachau, we turn left into the road "Groisbach", which runs parallel to the railway tracks. From Schallenbach, we go through more narrows between the forest embankment and the Danube into the winegrowing villages of Willendorf and Schwallenberg until we finally reach Spitz.